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Guided Pathways

Create the Best Sequence of Courses to Complete Your Education

Guided Pathways is a unique and comprehensive approach to ensure that you will stay on track, receive the support you personally need, and see a clear, achievable pathway to graduation. We work closely with students and faculty. Guided Pathways is an evidence-based program that comprehensively addresses the conditions needed for students to thrive and complete their goals, and it closes any achievement gaps. This will enable you to efficiently complete your certificate or degree program. Together, we create a clear, intentional, and well-sequenced curriculum and program, and you are always at the center of this process. 

The "Key Elements of Guided Pathways" are listed below "The Four Pillars" and linked bars.

Check out Explore Major Pathways at Taft College. Our "Meta Majors" help you make smarter choices!  Design the most efficient pathway for your successful program completion and graduation.

Please note: the linked bar for View The Guided Pathways Dashboard goes to an external website.

Explore Major Pathways

View the Guided Pathways Dashboard

The Four Pillars of Guided Pathways

Clarify the path

Enter the path

Stay on the path

Ensure Learning

The Key Elements of Guided Pathways

  • Programs that are fully mapped out and aligned with further education and career advancement while also providing structure or guided exploration for undecided students.
  • Redesigning and integrating basic skills and developmental education classes to accelerate students to college-level classes.
  • Structured Onboarding Processes including improved placement tests and co-requisite instruction that provide students with clear, actionable, and usable information they need to get off to the right start in college.
  • Instructional support and co-curricular activities aligned with classroom learning and career interests.
  • Responsive student tracking systems aligned with interventions and resources to help students stay on the pathway, persist, and progress.
  • Proactive academic and career advising from the start through completion and/or transfer, with assigned point of contact at each stage.

Guided Pathways Resources

Discover more about Guided Pathways at Taft College and beyond.

What is the California Guided Pathways Model? (PDF)   Guided Pathways 101 (PDF)   Guided Pathways Resource Center   Guided Pathways Launchboard   Guided Pathways Regional Coordinator Information    Archived CalPASS Webinars  

Guided Pathways Oversight Committee

Vicki Jacobi
CHAIR
Articulation Officer/ Counselor

Amar Abbott
Member
High-Tech Access Specialist

Darcy Bogle
Member
Counselor

Salvador Jimenez Murguia
Member
Associate Professor, Sociology

Juana Rangel Escobedo
Member
Counselor

Cecilia Alvarado
Member
Dean of Student Success

Lori Sundgren
Member
Pre-Collegiate Success Coordinator

Damon Bell
Member
Interim Vice President, Student Services